argentifex

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Latin

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Etymology

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From argentum (“silver”) +‎ -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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argentifex m (genitive argentificis); third declension

  1. (hapax) a worker in silver, silversmith
    • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 8.62.4:
      […] neque ut aurificem, sic argentificem.
      […] that there is no [term] argentifex ‘silversmith’ like aurifex ‘goldsmith’.

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative argentifex argentificēs
Genitive argentificis argentificum
Dative argentificī argentificibus
Accusative argentificem argentificēs
Ablative argentifice argentificibus
Vocative argentifex argentificēs

References

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  • argentĭfex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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